Unit Plan
St. Laurensia Primary School
Subject : Science
Topic : Classifying Organisms
ESTABLISHED GOALS /
STANDARDS
Students are able to create a
simple dichotomous key to classify
plants and animals based on their
physical characteristics correctly
and responsibly
Competencies:
1. Define what is
classification and explain
why do we have to classify
correctly
2. Define what is
dichotomous key and
describe its function
correctly
3. Identify physical
characteristics of plants and
animals properly
4. Use dichotomous key to
classify plants and animals
properly
5. Create a dichotomous key
diagram to classify plants
and animals responsibly
and correctly.
Identify physical
characteristics of plants and
animals properly
EVALUATIVE CRITERIA
Rubric:
Completeness, punctuality
(responsibility), efforts, accuracy of
the questions, accuracy of the
description
Designer : Grade V teachers
Unit : SD
STAGE 1 - DESIRED RESULT
TRANSFER
Students will independently use dichotomous key to discover unknown plants
and animals based on physical characteristics
MEANING
UNDESTANDING ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
 Classify means putting similar  What is classification? And why
things into groups. Classification is do we have to classify?
used to organize information about  How do we classify objects
objects and make the around us?
communication is easier.  What is dichotomous key? And
 We can classify the objects around why do we use dichotomous
us by putting them together based key?
on their physical characteristics  How do we classify plants and
 Dichotomous key is a tool used to animals by using dichotomous
identify an unknown organism. key?
 When we use dichotomous key, we
answer a series question which has
two choices (yes/no) questions.
ACQUISITION
COMPETENCY MAP
Create a dichotomous key
diagram to classify plants and
animals responsibly and correctly
Use dichotomous key to classify
plants and animals properly
Define what is dichotomous key
and describe its function correctly
Define what is classification and
explain why do we have to classify
correctly
STAGE 2 - EVIDENCE
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE OTHER EVIDENCE
Assessment on Process QUIZ
Create a dichotomous key TEST
STAGE 3 – LEARNING PLAN
APPROACH IMPLEMENTATI
 ON
Meeting 1 – 2 periods
Competency: Define what is classification and explain why do we have to classify?
Engagement: Socratic Synchronous
- Tell the students that they will learn about plants and animals’ questioning / Learning
classification today. discussion
- Test students’ prior knowledge about classification by asking them what
is classification and how we classify things?
- Show them some daily objects (ex: fruits, food) in the power point
presentation and ask them to classify the objects.
- Students will be explaining voluntarily how they classify the objects?
- Expected answer: by the object’s physical appearance (colour, shape, etc)
- Ask the students do they know why do we have to classify things?
Exploration and explanation Interactive Synchronous
Students will be shown a problem: learning Learning
- Problem: Suzie works in a groceries store. One day her boss asked her to Individual
put some new groceries in the cabinet then report to her every month how discussion
many groceries are left. This is what Suzie did; show to the students that
Suzie did not classify the groceries in the cabinet.

- Students will be explaining what will happen once she had to report to her
boss? What Suzie needed to do?
- Voluntarily students must explain why do we need to classify things
learning from Suzie’s problem previously.
- Students will be shown some objects such as: hole puncher, pencil, book,
pencil case
Evaluation: Discussion Synchronous
- Students will take note why is it important to classify things, then give Learning
an example of classification problem (description)
- Students will do a practice from the textbook. (homework)
Meeting 2 - 2 periods Synchronous
Define what is dichotomous key and describe its function Learning
Engagement
- Review the previous lesson by recalling what is classification and why do
we have to classify
- Tell the students that there is a way to classify things; dichotomous key.
- Show them a simple example of dichotomous key diagram.
- Students will define what is dichotomous key and what is the
characteristic of dichotomous key (yes/no question) by looking at the
diagram
Exploration
- After students know what is dichotomous key and what is the Discussion Synchronous
characteristic, students will be shown some pictures of fruits. Problem based Learning
- Then they will have to identify the physical appearance of each of the learning
fruits. They list down the characteristics in their notebook.
- From the physical appearance identification previously, students will be
given an incomplete dichotomous key diagram.
The diagram will only show some fruits with the answer yes or no like the
example below:
yes
Is it round? no Banana Apple
no

yes yes

- Then they will compete the dichotomous key diagram given from the
teacher
Evaluation
 - Students will then explain voluntarily their own work and the function Discussion Synchronous
of the dichotomous key. Others give their opinion as well right after Q and A learning
their friend.
- Random students will answer the questions (why we need to use
dichotomous key, how do you use physical appearance for
classification)
- Students will write down the answer in their notebook, then they will
upload in the google classroom. Teacher will ask students randomly
for confirmation.
Meeting 3 - 1 period Interactive Asynchronous
In this meeting, students will be answering questions in the textbook chapter 3 learning Learning
lesson 1 togsether, then there will be a discussion. This lesson will be Individual
discussing binomial nomenclature discussion
Meeting 4 – 2 periods
Elaboration Individual Asynchronous
- Review the previous lesson about classification using the dichotomous discussion Learning
key
- Tell the students that today, they will be classifying animals by using
dichotomous key
- Students will be shown some pictures of animals then they will
identify the characteristics of the animals from their physical
appearances.
- Students will then classify the animals from the physical appearances
they have listed down previously by completing the diagram of
dichotomous key
Example:

4 legs? dogs snake

yes noyes

no

Evaluation
- Students will be doing a worksheet then they have to upload their work
in google classroom.
Meeting 5 – 2 periods
Assessment – QUIZ Assessment Asynchronous
Students will be doing the quiz in answer sheet model paper 2 Learning
Meeting 6 – 2 periods
Book review chapter 3 lesson2 and 3
Meeting 7 – 2 Periods
Plants classification – Kegiatan pada meeting ini akan dibahas di rapat science
kelas 5